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Apple should withdraw plans for new scanning feature

The IPI global network is alarmed by tech company Apple’s recent decision to introduce a new client-side scanning feature on its devices. While the system is designed to catch cases of child sexual abuse through iCloud and iMessage, it risks being used beyond this original scope and triggering a global chain reaction of inceased surveillance […]

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With new foreign agent labels, Russia steps up attack on independent media

The IPI global network today condemned what it called the biggest crackdown on independent media in Russia in several years and urged international condemnation of the escalating assault on media freedom by the Kremlin ahead of next month’s parliamentary election. Pressure on media by authorities reached a new peak on Friday August 20 when the […]

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G7 urged to protect and evacuate journalists in Afghanistan

Civil society and media organisations call on the G7 to protect and evacuate journalists and media workers in Afghanistan 23 August 2021 Ahead of the G7 summit on the situation in Afghanistan, we, the undersigned organisations, call on G7 countries to make a clear and explicit commitment to taking journalists and media workers as an […]

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Four Press Club Belarus staff members released from pre-trial detention

The IPI global network welcomed the release of several staff members of Press Club Belarus after more than eight months behind bars. Yuliya Slutskaya, the founder of Press Club Belarus; the organization’s director, Syarhei Alsheuski; programming director Ala Sharko; and cameraman Pyotr Slutski were released from pre-trial detention on August 19. Press Club Belarus said […]

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